Noora
Vähäkari
Doctoral Researcher, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)
MSc. in Geography
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Areas of expertise
Geography
Development geography
Sustainability transitions
Socio-cultural implications of sustainability
Futures studies
Futures literacy
Participatory methods
Sustainable energy
Biography
Vähäkari works as a research manager in Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku. She holds a MSc in Development Geography from the University of Helsinki.
Vähäkari has expertise in the coordination and management of multinational research and capacity building projects, teaching and training on multidisciplinarity and sustainability of energy transitions and socio-environmental and cultural implications of sustainable natural resource management in several developing countries. Recently her focus has been on futures literacy and its facilitation, sustainability transitions and transformation processes, socio-cultural implications of sustainability, human-nature relationship, and regional development.
Publications
Turning uncertainty into opportunity: a new way to use-the-future (2020)
Medium
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Green economic development in Lao PDR: A sustainability window analysis of Green Growth Productivity and the Efficiency Gap (2019)
Journal of Cleaner Production
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
A Scenario for the desirable future of the Peruvian agrifood sector 2030, focusing on Andean native crops : results from the 1st and 2nd futures workshops of the PECOLO project (2019)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Poetry as a Method for Futures Literacy: Verses of Long-termism, a curated session at UNESCO Global Futures Literacy Design Forum (Abstract) (2019)
UNESCO Global Futures Literacy Design Forum
(Muu (O2))
Resource efficiency and green economic sustainability transition evaluation of green growth productivity gap and governance challenges in Cambodia (2019)
Sustainable Development
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Green Transition in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar? Long-run Transition Path Analyses (2018)
Sustainable Development Conference
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Extensive empirical analysis of Green Development using Sustainability Window method for ASEAN countries (2018)
Development Days Conference
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa (D3))
Comparative Sustainability Window Analysis of Eight ASEAN Countries: Integrated Analyses of Different Dimensions of Weak and Strong Sustainability Trends (2018)
Sustainable Development Conference
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Household Energy Use in Cambodia: A Field Survey Data Analysis (2018)
Sustainable Development Conference
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))